Patents by Inventor Robert Scheper

Robert Scheper has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SOUND DETECTION AND VISUAL ALERT SYSTEM FOR A WORKSPACE
    Publication number: 20140362999
    Abstract: An alert system for generating a signal indicating at least one aspect of sound within a workspace environment, the system comprising at least a first sensor positioned one of within and proximate a workspace, the at least a first sensor sensing at least one aspect of sound generated within the workspace and generating a signal indicating the at least one aspect, a communication device located within the workspace, the communication device configured to generate a signal perceivable within the workspace and a processor receiving signals from the at least a first sensor and linked to the communication device, the processor programmed to perform the steps of identifying when the at least one aspect exceeds a threshold value and driving the communication device to indicate that the at least one aspect exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Matthew Warner, Karl J. Mead, Brett Kincaid, Kurt Heidmann
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    Patent number: D544722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Glen Oliver Loew
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    Patent number: D552368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Glen Oliver Loew
  • Chair
    Patent number: D554383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Glen Oliver Loew
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    Patent number: D554384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Glen Oliver Loew
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    Patent number: D637649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Beukema, Robert Scheper
  • Workspace caddy
    Patent number: D649192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Beukema, Lou Crenno, Fredric Biddle, Robert Scheper
  • Workspace power accessory
    Patent number: D651651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Beukema, Fredric Biddle, Robert Scheper
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    Patent number: D655291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Thomas Overthun, Ricardo Filipe Figueiroa Monteiro, Aaron Henningsgaard, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Brian Joseph Mason